16/07/2025
🎉 25,000 patients treated at Bendigo’s Urgent Care Clinic
Since opening in June 2023, Bendigo’s Medicare Urgent Care Clinic has treated 25,000 people, keeping non-life-threatening issues out of ED and giving locals faster, accessible treatment closer to home.
📍 Located inside Bendigo Primary Care Centre
🧒 Most common visitors: children and teens (30%)
👩 53% identify as female
👣 3% identify as Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander
💬 52% say they would have gone to ED if the UCC wasn’t available
🕙 Peak times: Saturdays to Mondays, especially 10am to 3pm
🏡 89% of people are treated and head home
🚑 Just 2% need to be transferred to hospital
The service is powered by a dedicated team of 35 local GPs, 15 nurses, 8 receptionists, and after-hours security staff – all working together to keep urgent care local.
People can call ahead or walk in, are triaged, and often given a time to return that same day. No long waits. No crowded waiting rooms. Just the care they need, when they need it.
With demand growing, the team continues to work hard to extend hours and is welcoming interest from more local GPs keen to join the roster.
Watch the WIN News story here:
📽 https://www.facebook.com/WINNewsBendigo/videos/1619790602311951
Thanks to every team member – and every patient – who’s made this milestone possible.
